Neil Hamilton picked on Greta Thunberg and it massively backfired – 9 brutal owns
Every now and then, something happens to make us lose the “remembering that Neil Hamilton is a thing” game, like the time he reached out the hand of friendship to a gang of awful new Ukippers,
I’d like to welcome @PrisonPlanet, Sargon of Akkad, @CountDankulaTV and Milo Yiannopoulos to UKIP. I look forward to them developing truly dank memes that will trigger lefty luvvies like @GaryLineker, @mrjamesob and their politically correct establishment chums. Onwards! pic.twitter.com/OI1bIJQ9Qz
— Neil Hamilton AC/AM (@NeilUKIP) June 26, 2018
…or when he decided to write an actual letter of complaint about anti-Brexit 9-year-olds on the BBC.
I've written a complaint to the @BBC and @OfCom about the anti-Brexit bias on @BBCWorldatOne, where children as young as nine were asked about their views on Brexit. The full details are in the image below. pic.twitter.com/4VNmcQZXKu
— Neil Hamilton AC/AM (@NeilUKIP) March 20, 2018
Coincidentally, our latest loss of the Neil Hamilton game happened when he again had a problem with a child, in this case the climate-change activist, Greta Thunberg.
It's shaping up to be the hottest day of the year – please remember:
❌ No electric fans
❌ DEFINITELY no air conditioningGreta has spoken.#ClimateHoax #ExtinctionRebellion pic.twitter.com/DgZm3Cj209
— Neil Hamilton AC/AM (@NeilUKIP) July 24, 2019
Credit where it’s due, it takes quite the mature mind to snipe at a sixteen-year-old and deny climate change in one tweet. Here’s how people reacted to the UKIP-representing member of the Welsh Assembly’s latest episode.
1.
As a ham do you not have the most to fear from the planet roasting?
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 26, 2019
2.
Imagine picking on 16 year old girls when you're Neil fucking Hamilton walking around with Neil fucking Hamilton's face on the front of your thick skull. https://t.co/SJWKCn45cr
— elfie. (@elfbatross) July 25, 2019
3.
The reason Greta is asking despicable old funts like you to try and cut down on creating more greenhouse gasses, is to give her generation, & my children's generation, a chance of not roasting alive.
If you don't like heat, you really aint gonna like where you're headed.— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) July 25, 2019
4.
I choose to believe the 99% of scientists who believe in climate change and who have spent years learning their disciplines rather than a failed MP who bullies little girls. https://t.co/GVmFc4Ewdw
— Colgers (@stevyncolgan) July 25, 2019
5.
Put your bin fire out, you tin foil fuckwit
— Jacqui Abbott (@jamajestical) July 26, 2019
6.
Remember: leaving a UKIP member locked in a hot car is cruel, no matter how tempting it may be. https://t.co/WIuLyU6bDF
— Toby Venables (@TobyVenables) July 26, 2019
7.
Is bullying and demonising teenage girls @UKIP policy now? Or is it just proof that you can’t engage with her on the facts and overwhelming evidence of the climate emergency?
— Lisa Holdsworth 🌈 (@WorksWithWords) July 25, 2019
8.
Forget global warming for a moment and watch in awe at Greta Thunberg's remarkable ability to boil the piss of this country's most loathsome individuals. https://t.co/7Nvg4aEcOR
— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) July 25, 2019
9.
What a truly cowardly, ignorant and nasty little man.
— Robert Llewellyn (@bobbyllew) July 25, 2019
Even @WelshDalaiLama, who couldn’t read the tweet, knew that it would be a metaphorical flaming bag of dog poo.
Since Neil Hamilton blocked me, a fun game is trying to work out what shitty thing he's said or done by the reactions of people I follow. He's like carbon monoxide – an invisible poison I'm alerted to by a loud reaction.
— Dai Lama (@WelshDalaiLama) July 24, 2019
His comment came to the attention of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.
I am mortified that a politician in Wales would make a personal attack on a child on social media in this manner. I have written to Mr Hamilton today expressing my disappointment in his failure to uphold high standards of public conduct https://t.co/LIpURVwqqD
— Sally Holland (@childcomwales) July 25, 2019
He hasn’t replied yet – he only fights children.
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